Raiders trade QB Carson Palmer

ESPN reported Tuesday morning that Carson Palmer will be traded to the Arizona Cardinals for a sixth round pick in 2013 and a conditional pick the next year. If Palmer starts 13 games for the Cardinals this season, the Raiders will receive a conditional seventh round pick in 2014.

As part of the deal, the Raiders also sent their 2013 seventh round pick to the Cardinals.

Neither team has confirmed the details of the deal, but ESPN reports that Palmer signed a two-year, $16 million contract with the Cardinals.

When the Raiders traded for Palmer in 2011, they paid for him with first and a second round pick for Cincinnati.

“I think, at the end of the day, when we looked at it both from his standpoint and from our standpoint, we just realized that it was time for us to move on and move forward,” Raiders coach Dennis Allen said in a conference call on Monday. “We felt like Matt Flynn gave us a great option.”